Cec Fifield

Who is Cec Fifield?

Cec "Dicky" Fifield was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 20th century.

Fifield was born to Sara Ann and George Fifield in Adelong on 23 September 1904. He played for West Wyalong as a teenager in Group 9. From there he was recruited to Balmain where he played for two seasons. He then played for Western Suburbs. He was selected to play on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. The team sailed on the Orsova via the Panama Canal and played an exhibition game in New York before arriving in England. The first test was played at Hull, Yorkshire. The second test at Wembley and the third test at Swinton in which there was a big controversy over a try. After much deliberation it was decided to play a fourth test at Rochdale. This was the first and only time that a fourth test has been played on any Kangaroo tour. In this match Cec broke his ankle and was unable to play the remainder of the tour.

On returning to Australia he recommenced playing for Western Suburbs where he played 100 first grade games. It was in 1931 that Cec returned to play football for Hull, Boulevard. Owing to the difference in seasons, he played there until it was time to depart England and returned to Australia and play for Junee.